[TriLUG] xterm scrollback won't stick

[Neil Roeth]

On Oct 10, sholton at mindspring.com (sholton at mindspring.com) wrote:
 > This is an xterm option.  Try
 > 
 >   xterm -si
 > 
 >        -si     This option indicates  that  output  to  a  window
 >                should  not automatically reposition the screen to
 >                the bottom of the scrolling region.   This  option
 >                can  be  turned on and off from the ``VT Options''
 >                menu.
 > 
 >        +si     This option indicates  that  output  to  a  window
 >                should cause it to scroll to the bottom.
 > 
 > For a quick&dirty (in case you forgot to set this when you started
 > the xterm) you should also be able to use CTRL-S to stop the 
 > terminal output and CTRL-Q to restart it again, at least in cases
 > where you're using a legacy TTY terminal driver...

<CTL>-<mouse button 2> usually brings up a menu that has the equivalent of the
above +/-si option.  So, if you already have an xterm up you can change the
behavior on the fly.

-- 
Neil Roeth